04 March 2011

I Blame George Bush

Egypt's top archaeologist warns of looting (Hamza Hendawi, March 4, 2011)
Egypt's top archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, warned that the country's antiquity sites were being looted by criminals amid the country's political upheaval as he announced he would no longer serve in his ministerial post in the government.
Presumably, it's all about the oil.

2 comments:

Peter said...

You aren't going to tell me those protestors in Tahrir Square didn't have a proper post-regime change plan, are you?

Harry Eagar said...

I believe the knock against Bush was that he made no provision for post-invasion administration or governance.

it was an excellent knock.